- חֵרוּת
- חֵירוּת, חֵרוּתf. (חוֹר II) freedom, liberty, libertinism; leisure. Mekh. Bshall.s.1, v. חִירָה. Gitt.42a יצא לח׳ becomes free (ib. 8b, a. fr. בן חוֹרִין). Erub.54a (play on חָרוּת, Ex. 32:16) א״ת חרות אלא חי׳ read not ḥaruth (engraven) but ḥeruth (liberty) on the tablets (you are free, if you observe the law); Ex. R. s. 32, beg. ח׳ מן המלכיות liberation from political oppression, ח׳ ממלאך המות liberation from the angel of death (pestilence); a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.